It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..."
"You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?"
"No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people."
"Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy."
"I did," said Ford. "It is."
"So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?"
"It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want."
"You mean they actually vote for the lizards?"
"Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course."
"But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?"
"Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?"
"What?"
"I said," said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, "have you got any gin?"
"I'll look. Tell me about the lizards."
Ford shrugged again.
"Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happenned to them," he said. "They're completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone's got to say it."
"But that's terrible," said Arthur.
"Listen, bud," said Ford, "if I had one Altairian dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say 'That's terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.
Went through this myself. My father was a physics prof, and at some point he couldn't really follow what I was doing at work. It was sad, but we all get there. Then a few years beck, he was late 80's, my daughter asked him for help with some 1st year calculus and I was about to hop in and help him save face but he taught it like a pro, clear understanding of where she was stuck and how to guide her to figuring it out. And pointing out a couple of algebra errors in some other stuff that just caught his eye in her work. But at the same time, he's hopeless at recognizing scams. He hasn't fallen for anything yet, but forwards emails or texts to me asking if things are legit when they are so obviously not. Just got to be patient and understanding. We all get there eventually if we make it that far.
I doubt that. He was told by Netanyahu and other zionists around him that it would take a few days, Iran would collapse and trump would be the hero for saving the Iranian people. Trump really is stupid enough to believe that.
Shared bike paths. If I have to nearly stop to go around a kid on a tricycle it's no big deal since I can get back up to speed with no effort. But without the electric boost I'm more tempted to fly by to keep my speed up.
So lower revenue to U.S. companies, and force Europe to disengage more from U.S. manufacturing. At the same time weaken the allied West's military capability. Smart.
Hmmmm. The management people denied entry actually have pretty dubious histories of calling for bloodshed publically. The players aren't being denied entry (yet).
Just being pendantic about your phrase of 'produce condensation'. The mist has already condensed; it is condensation, so it cannot produce condensation.
The majority of religions are based on imposing some sort of rule based morality. And often these rules seem to go against the notion of letting certain different people coexist - at least that's how it plays out in practice. So I think the default suspicion of any religious group is reasonable and founded in reality. You may have an all inclusive religion and that's great, but you then must see how that conflicts with most other religions. I don't care what gods you believe in, but I care if you try to impose an arbitrary morality on others.
When was that posted? In the immediate aftermath of the Oct attacks and a short time afterward, this would have been a reasonable, if incorrect, statement. It was only months later that Isreal kept relaxing it 'rules of engagement' and then went on to direct bombing of civilians.
It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..." "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?" "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people." "Odd," said Arthur, "I thought you said it was a democracy." "I did," said Ford. "It is." "So," said Arthur, hoping he wasn't sounding ridiculously obtuse, "why don't people get rid of the lizards?" "It honestly doesn't occur to them," said Ford. "They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want." "You mean they actually vote for the lizards?" "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?" "What?" "I said," said Ford, with an increasing air of urgency creeping into his voice, "have you got any gin?" "I'll look. Tell me about the lizards." Ford shrugged again. "Some people say that the lizards are the best thing that ever happenned to them," he said. "They're completely wrong of course, completely and utterly wrong, but someone's got to say it." "But that's terrible," said Arthur. "Listen, bud," said Ford, "if I had one Altairian dollar for every time I heard one bit of the Universe look at another bit of the Universe and say 'That's terrible' I wouldn't be sitting here like a lemon looking for a gin.